A new global monitoring system has been launched to help provide "near real time" data on deforestation going on all over the world, according to BBC News.
The system, called Global Forest Watch (GFW), is backed by over 40 businesses including Google and countless forest campaigning organizations.
GFW works by using Information from hundreds of millions of satellite images, along with data provided from people in those locations as well.
The scale of forest loss since 2000 has been a big issue around the world. Data provided by the University of Maryland and Google claims 230 million hectares of trees have been lost from 2000 to 2012.
"Global Forest Watch is a near-real time monitoring platform that will fundamentally change the way people and businesses manage forests," said Dr. Andrew Steer from WRI, according to BBC News. "From now on, the bad guys cannot hide and the good guys will be recognized for their stewardship."
Campaigners recently said that 50 football fields worth of trees are being torn down every minute, every day, for the last 12 years, according to BBC News.
U.S. based World Resources Institute lead to the development of GFW by using half a billion high resolution images from NASA's Landsat program.
By using GFW technology, campaigners and local communities will now be able to upload pictures, videos, and information from affected forest areas all over the world.
Other businesses backing GFW includes Nestle and Unilever, according to BBC News.
"It's going to change certainly the way that we do business and that we interrogate our supply chains and our suppliers," said Duncan Pollard, Nestle SA (NESN)'s head of stakeholder engagement in sustainability, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
The technology can also be used to help enforce laws in counties like Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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